Thursday, June 29, 2017

NO CORRUPTION!

NO
CORRUPTION!

What was Adam like before
he sinned? Well, we have acknowledged something just by asking this question,
which is that there once was time when Adam was without sin! Therefore, we can
safely say that the sinless Adam would be void of all of sin’s corrupting
effects on every aspect of his being, body, soul, and spirit. None of us can
say that of ourselves, none except Jesus! Indeed, Scripture refers to “the
first man Adam” and to Jesus as “the last Adam” (1 Corinthians 15:45).

To sin is to break God’s
Law, because “sin is lawlessness” (1 John 3:4). Thus, neither the first Adam
(pre-Fall) or the last Adam (post-Fall) were lawless, i.e., sinners. Jesus “was
in all points tempted as we are, yet without sin” Hebrews 4:15b. It was when
Adam ate the forbidden fruit that he (and we) became sinners, “Therefore, just
as through one man sin entered the world, and death through sin, and thus death
spread to all men, because all sinned” Romans 5:12. “For the wages of sin is
death” Romans 6:23a.

Whereas the first Adam subsequently
became corrupted, the last Adam always remained uncorrupted, i.e., without the
decaying effects of sin, body, soul, and spirit. Scripture says that even in
death Jesus’ body saw no corruption! “‘You
will not allow Your Holy One to see corruption.’ For David … fell asleep,
was buried with his fathers, and saw corruption, but He whom God raised up saw
no corruption” Acts 16:34b-35. Thus, even in death the last Adam remained as was
the first Adam pre-Fall, i.e., without corruption!

Did Jesus really die on
the cross then? Of course He did! And He died for our sins, not His own. He had no sin of His own. Whilst nailed to
the cross, Jesus said, “Father, ‘into
Your hands I commit My spirit.’ Having said this, He breathed His last”
Luke 23:46. James says that “the body without the spirit is dead” James 2:26. Therefore,
according to the Bible, human death occurs when the spirit leaves the body.
Then the rot sets in – but not for Jesus! For He “saw no corruption.” Thus, in
death, unlike King David and unlike Lazarus, Jesus’ body saw no decay, no putrefaction.

How was it that Jesus saw
no corruption after being dead “three days”? Was He cryogenically frozen to
preserve His organ tissue? Was He embalmed? No! He was taken down from the
cross and had His body wrapped in strips of linen. Then He was laid to rest in
a tomb. Let’s just say that even in death God preserved Him, body and soul and
spirit. “‘A body You have prepared for
Me’” and “‘Not one of His bones shall
be broken’” and “‘For You will not
leave My soul in Hades’” and “Father, ‘into
Your hands I commit My spirit’ and “‘You
will not allow Your Holy One to see corruption.’”Hebrews 10:5b; John 19:36b; Acts 16:34b.

Jesus was incorruptible before He was raised from the dead and
He is certainly incorruptible after
He was raised from the dead! Do you want to know what something with no
corruption looks like? Then look to Jesus!

Scripture says, “It is
not yet revealed what we shall be, but we know that when He is revealed, we
shall be like Him, for we shall see Him as He is” 1 John 3:2b. For us then,
when we are raised from the dead, just like Jesus, we will have no corruption. “Behold, I tell you a mystery: We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed—in
a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will
sound, and the dead will be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed. For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal
must put on immortality. So when this
corruptible has put on incorruption, and this mortal has put on immortality,
then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written: “Death is swallowed up in victory.” (1 Cor. 15:51-54).See also:https://escapethebox.blog/blog/